Month: June 2011

Have you ever dreamed of spending a relaxing night at a luxury hotel? Or maybe planning a romantic evening or a honeymoon where you want to impress your beloved? What would you want included? A gorgeous view? A large comfy bed? A Jacuzzi? A personal butler? Did you know that prices at the best hotel suites have gone up 10% this year? Are you ready to drop about $30,000 for one night? Would you be willing to spend that kind of money on a hotel room? And by the way, none of the nightly room rates includes tax so be prepared to add another 10 – 17% to your bill at checkout. Here are the 10 most expensive hotel rooms in the world from the last year. 10. The…

Revival of Muslim empireTuesday, June 21, 2011YUSUF KANLIIs it not a wild idea to assume that the radical Islamist fantasies of the neo-Ottomanists of the dissolution period of the Ottoman Empire or the mostly Egyptian Arab forefathers of jihadist Islam or the restoration of the Caliphate movement might have a minute chance of coming true?If we are to take out the fundamental difference between the neo-Ottomanist ideology, which was centered on the creation of a united “Caliphate State” something like today’s European Union, with the caliphate remaining in Istanbul – and the Egypt-centered Arab jihadist or the restoration of the Caliphate movement, that was obsessed with Arabs taking back caliphate to the holy Mecca, there was a common cause: To achieve the united state of the nation of Islam, or…

Dispute over hijab in women’s soccer in Canada, as Muslim youth referee barred Wednesday, 22 June 2011 Sarah Benkirane has been barred from refereeing while wearing her hijab. (File Photo) By JAMES M. DORSEY AL ARABIYA A dispute between FIFA and Iranian and Jordanian women soccer players over the right to wear religious Muslim headdresses during matches is expanding as it spreads across the Atlantic.A Canadian soccer referee, Sarah Benkirane, was barred this week by Quebec’s Lac St. Louis Regional Soccer Association because she wears a hijab, a religious headdress that covers a woman’s hair, neck and ears in accordance with conservative Muslim dress code.The 15-year-old referee had been refereeing games on Montreal’s West Island and Vaudreuil for the past two years but was informed by association officials this week…

Top 10 sexiest science stories of 2010Whoever said science could never possibly be sexy didn't have a chance to read this. According to Discovery News, below is the list of the top 10 sexiest stories of 2010.…Thursday 9 December 2010 10:17 AM ISTWhoever said science could never possibly be sexy didn't have a chance to read this.According to Discovery News, below is the list of the top 10 sexiest stories of 2010:1. The naked dwarf: Known as the "Portrait of Dwarf Morgante," the subject was a court jester, part of the Medici court in the Florentine Renaissance.he paintings were grouped into a two-sided canvas, providing onlookers with a front- and rear-view.Originally painted by Agnolo di Cosimo, better known as Bronzino, around 1553 with a full frontal view, the portrait was…

NEW HOPE FOR A HEALTHY HEARTA miracle pill that repairs tissue damage of a heart attack and a cheek swab that assesses the impact of statins on your body are just two developments likely to improve the prognosis for those at risk of heart disease…Wednesday 22 June 2011 1:40 PM ISTIMAGINE popping a pill that could repair the damage suffered by your heart after an attack. Or even halt a heart attack in its early stages. You may have to wait a decade for this development, but rest assured that it’s on its way.British scientists have found a means of repairing cells damaged during a heart attack in mice, leading to expectations that a pill capable to perform this repair in humans would be available in ten years. This breakthrough…

By Clint Thomas | Yahoo! India News – Tue, Jun 21, 2011By early June the southwest monsoon breaks and there are three months of wind and water with short spells of sharp, glittering sunshine that thrilled children snatch to play with. The countryside turns an immodest green. Boundaries blur as tapioca fences take root and bloom. Brick walls turn mossgreen. Pepper vines snake up electric poles. Wild creepers burst through latente banks and spill across the flooded roads. Boats ply in the bazaars…thus Arundhati Roy begins her Booker Prize winner – The God of Small Things. Although the novel - which is set in Ayemenem village adjoining Kumarakom - does not render the unspeakable beauty of Kumarakom, aren’t the aforementioned words enough to lure you to the most beautiful place in Kerala…

A herbal delight! Herbs & spices from your kitchen can perk up your sex life…IT NOT just spices up your curries, but also punches up your sex life.Researchers have found that fenugreek or methi can increase the sex drive by a quarter, according to a report in the Daily Mail. When libido levels of 60 healthy men aged between 25 and 52 who took an extract of the herb were checked, it was found that their scores were much higher than those who took dummy pills.Six Foods to Help you Have Great Sex | Bring back the romanceThe tests were carried out by the Centre for Integrative Clinical and Molecular Medicine in Brisbane, Australia. Fenugreek seeds contain compounds called saponins which are said to stimulate the production of male sex…

After The Indian Express exposed the eavesdropping on Pranab Mukherjee's office, the finance minister brushed it all away, saying the Intelligence Bureau had investigated his complaint and found nothing serious.That spies could easily walk in and out the finance ministry is scandalous enough. (Were they insiders, and if they were, aren't we compromising national security by not identifying them and punishing them?) And for our finance minister to say it was just a trifling little matter seems even more scandalous. He first sought a secret investigation and then called in private sleuths to check what was happening. Obvious question: Why didn't he call in the home ministry's detectives? (Possible answer three paras on).Also, is the government trying to hush it all up? One explanation being given out is that adhesive…

Is Turkey the Key?Of the countries I've visited, my favourites happen to share important features. They are all large but not intimidating in size, with proportionate populations. They have a varied landscape, a mostly temperate climate, and enough fertile land not only to feed themselves, but to have evolved exceptional cuisines. They are old civilisations possessed of the cultural self-confidence that comes from having been centres of empires, without the hubris or smugness of perpetual victors. I'm thinking of Spain, France, Turkey and Iran, and would have added Italy to the group, had its citizens been less loud, rude and vain. Turkey, despite all its gifts, and a convenient location straddling Asia and Europe, went off the world's radar for decades. The Orient Express stopped running, and was replaced in…

Congress to Nitish Govt: slaughtering Muslims not “good governance” Submitted by admin4 on 13 June 2011 - 6:53pm Indian Muslim By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,New Delhi: Congress has strongly criticized the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar for the Forbesganj firing in which the state police killed four Muslims including one pregnant woman and one infant on June 3. Referring directly to the firing in a press conference this afternoon, Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said that Nitish Kumar had already showed his “good governance” by “slaughtering four members of minority community.” Forbesganj police firing victim: Sahil Ansari (6 months)Tiwari used the firing incident to criticize Anna Hazare who had praised the governments of Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar for their “good governance.” “Is this good governance according to Hazare?” questioned the Congress…